Sad indeed. At least Polina K got off the bottom, but that was a serious drop for Polina A! Not only did she drop from 1st position overnight to 4th (due to coming 5th in the FS), but she went from being 0.14 ahead to 15.68 behind. That is a big drop.

And, after being disappointed when I saw that Sofia Biryukova could only manage 5th in the SP, it is even more disappointing that she came 7th in the FS, which dropped her down to 6th overall.

On the other hand, well done to Anna Pogorilaya! 2 very good results - 2nd in the SP, and 1st in the FS!

Never mind Sochi, at this rate of going the selectors for the Russian team are going to have a nightmare choosing who to send to Pyeonchang!

Never mind Sochi, at this rate of going the selectors for the Russian team are going to have a nightmare choosing who to send to Pyeonchang!

Take notice that a lot of ladies skaters who were quite good 2 years ago are now going through their nightmare. Polina Korobeynikova (3rd at JGPF and 4th at Europeans), Liza Tuktamysheva (not very solid skating at Finlandia Trophy, considering her potential), Polina Shelepen (bad last season)... I think a lof of skaters who will go to Pyeonchang we haven't seen yet, because they are now 12 years old and therefore haven't competed internationally yet.

She must have w/d she is not in the starting lineup. Neither is Liza nor Artemieva. But Kolyada is They apparently did the draw w/o removing some names (or adding others). Menshov mentioned in an interview that his next competition is Cup of Nice (if he's recovered by then) I guess tomorrow we'll see who's competing. I hope he doesn't compete, no sense in re-injuring his arm in a small competition like this, cause it looked like he hurt himself in his LP in Sochi & completely omitted a jumping pass and a spin due to this.